This store provides books designed specifically to support early child development. The majority of my collection are songbooks and fingering charts for various musical instruments, made for beginners, including those who have never played music before.
I offer music for students of different levels and skills. Children who never studied music before will begin to play right away following color-coded and letter-coded circles. It is as simple as a game – no musical staff knowledge is requi
This store provides books designed specifically to support early child development. The majority of my collection are songbooks and fingering charts for various musical instruments, made for beginners, including those who have never played music before.
I offer music for students of different levels and skills. Children who never studied music before will begin to play right away following color-coded and letter-coded circles. It is as simple as a game – no musical staff knowledge is requi
This e-book is for adults who are absolute beginners in music. You don’t have to read sheet music or have any kind of musical background. No previous knowledge is necessary. None at all.
If you don’t know musical notes well, you can PLAY BY LETTER.
There are 7 sections and 43 songs. All songs are adapted for beginners and can be played with just one hand. Some songs in this e-book have several versions, with one of them being more advanced. This will allow you to see how the same melody can be played in different keys.
Whatever your age, it is never too late to begin to play the piano (or any keyboard instrument). For middle-aged people, learning a musical instrument can be a great digital detox, and it also can unlock the door to a new interest or forgotten emotions.
Songs from Around the World
Lost My Gold Ring
Cherry Blossom
Au Clair de la Lune
Gretel, Pastetel
A Ram Sam Sam
Debka Hora
La Cucaracha
Oh Susannah
Traditional Kids Songs
Skip, Skip, Skip to My Lou
This Old Man
Baby Bumble Bee
Rain, Rain, Go Away
It’s Raining
Row Row Your Boat
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Happy Birthday
Ring Around the Rosie
Christmas Songs
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Jingle Bells
The First Noel
Amazing Grace
Silent Night
Nursery Rhyme Songs
London Bridge
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Do You Know the Muffin Man?
Humpty Dumpty
Cobbler, Mend My Shoe
Little Jack Horner
Classic composer songs
Beethoven
Ode to Joy
Brahms. Lullaby
Mozart. 3 Songs on One Melody
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Alphabet Song
Repetitive Songs
My Hat
I like to Eat (Apples and Bananas)
Ten Little Fingers
The Bear Went Over the Mountain
The Wheels on the Bus
Old Mother Hubbard
Play Songs in Different Keys
Hot Cross Buns
Are You Sleeping
Old McDonald
Enjoy and play the story about the wheels that go round and round, doors that open and shut, a horn that sounds and people who go up and down.
This is a perfect popular activity song for early learning. It is great for singing aloud, so it is good for developing fine motor skills using finger-plays.
My e-book has more pictures than words in order to methodically introduce each movement and associate it with a spoken word.
I use two kinds of pictures:
pictures that tell a story or plot which can be discussed, and
pictures showing movements that will be repeated throughout the activity songs and rhymes. They are very detailed and have visuals for each gesture so it is not necessary to go back each time.
This e-book provides instructions for the hand movements but gives the child the space for their own sense of creativity.
Kids can see, step by step and a slow pace, all gestures, try them and feel them. This gives them the chance to see themselves from the outside looking in, modifying when necessary to get it just right. This self-analyzing ability is an extremely important skill for their future lives.
Also I offer sheet music for Wheels on the Bus so you can accompany your kids, and play this melody on any kind of instrument including a toy one. It is easy to play for anyone! The melody has been simplified and now everybody will be able to play it without any previous musical knowledge.
This e-book consists of 2 parts:
The first includes the most essential mantras for your yoga practice.
The second part includes the most sacred chants from different traditions: Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Jain, Christian, and Islamic.
In yoga practice, mantras play a key role. Typically, practitioners of yoga chant mantras at the beginning and end of a yoga session. Here, I have created a collection of mantras that are used in a variety of yoga traditions: Patanjali, Vinyasa, and Kundalini Yoga. I also included several Buddhist mantras which are usually used at the end of a yoga session when Metta meditation is done. The handpan because of its unusual sound might be a great tool in your spiritual practice and experience.
These mantras were adapted here for Tongue Drum and Handpan and they are possible to play on most drum models. Songs have been transposed for a steel drum sound range. Some melodies have been changed and simplified.
The steel tongue drum (aka tong drum, tank drum, gluck-o-phone, hapi, or steeldrum) and the handpan (aka hank drum, UFO drum, zen drum, meditation, healing, or chakra drum) are percussion musical instruments designed to help you focus on your feelings, sensations, and body. The main purpose is relaxation, meditation, and traveling through your inner world.
I wrote the note numbers above the notes because my sheet music is aimed at absolute beginners. Just follow numbers and enjoy.
Also, I added a QR code to most songs. Follow the link and find this song before beginning to play.
Which tongue drum are these songs suitable for?
Each tongue drum is very different, and it is impossible to accommodate songs for all kinds of tongue drums in one e-book.
This e-book is suitable for most models of handpan, but if you have a tongue drum, it should have a minimum of 10 keys, because many songs in this e-book involve more than one-octave notes. 18 melodies from this e-book are suitable for a 1-octave tongue drum. Others melodies require a 10+ key tongue drum or a handpan.
Table of Contents:
Part 1. Yoga Mantras
Adi Mantra. Kundalini Yoga
Asatoma Sadgamaya
Ashtanga Vinyasa Closing Yoga Mantra.
Ashtanga Vinyasa Opening Yoga Mantra
Ganesha Mantra
Gayatri Mantra
Lakshmi Mantra
Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu
Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra
Om Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah
Om Shakti Om
Siri Gayatry Mantra (Ra Ma Da Sa). Kundalini Yoga
Surya Gayatri Yoga Mantra
Surya Namaskar
Yoga Sutra. Patanjali Yoga
Part 2. Sacred Chants for Meditation
Green Tara Mantra Tibetan Buddhism Tradition
Jai Radha Madhav Kunjabihari Hinduism Tradition
Jesus Prayer Christianity
Kali Durgai Namo Namah Hinduism Tradition
La Illaha Illallah Sufi. Islamic Tradition
Namo Buddhaya Buddhism
Namo Tassa Bhagawato (Vandana) Buddhism. Theravada Tradition
Navkar Mantra Jainism
Om Ma Tri Mu Ye Sa Le Du Bon. Tibetan Tradition
Shiva Shiva Shambho Hinduism Tradition
Tibetan Healing Mantra (Lama Chenno) Bon. Tibetan Tradition
Triple Mantra. Kundalini Yoga Sikh Tradition
You have never played music before or you cannot read sheet music, but you want to play famous and inspiring hymns and spirituals. Don’t worry! You will begin to play right away. I made my pictured sheet music as simple as possible. You’ll play by letter-coded circles. No musical staff or notes. The easy-to-play songs and melodies were adapted especially for beginners.
The melodies have been transposed to one octave and simplified. Also, the letter-coded notations have been added and complex notations and symbols have been reduced. Such simplification makes it possible for people to play melodies, especially those who can’t read music or who have never played
music before. Additionally, it makes it possible to play on the most primitive instruments, such as a child’s xylophone, bell sets, chime bars, and even a kid’s piano.
You will be able to begin to play right away if the keys of your instrument have letter notations on the keys. Some percussion instruments already have them. They are printed by suppliers (for example, a simple xylophone or kalimba).
For other instruments, you just need to get and apply stickers with letter notations. For most songs, just 8 stickers will be enough.
Most songs from this e-book are possible to play on an 8-note instrument, so a one-octave instrument, for example, a 10-key kalimba, 8-key xylophone, small tongue drum, handbells, or even toy piano will be enough.
But some songs here involve the neighboring with the main octave notes. For these songs, you will need a 2-3 octave instrument. It might be the kalimba with 17 keys, 15+ key xylophone, melodica, synthesizer, or piano. All of them need to have special note stickers for beginners. These transparent removable stickers are available on Amazon for 88/61/54/49 key instruments and they can really help in your musical experience.
I don’t use most musical symbols and notations here: the length of the notes, bars, beams, etc.
This e-book is aimed at your first musical experience no matter what age you are. There is no wrong time or not enough preparation to take up spiritual pursuits.
Table of Contents
Amazing Grace
Babylon’s Falling
Christ Was Born on Christmas Day
Elijah Rock
Every Time I Feel the Spirit
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
God Is So Good
Great Big Stars
Great Day
He’s God the Whole World in His Hands
Holy, Holy, Holy
I’ve Got Joy Joy
I’ve Got Peace Like a River
Jesus Loves Me
Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley
Joy to the World! The Lord is Come!
Just As I Am
Kumbaya, My Lord
Michael Row the Boat Ashore
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
Praise Him, All You Little Children
Shall We Gather at the River
Silent Night, Holy Night
Sinner Man
Soldier of the Cross
Somebody’s Knockin’ at Your Door
Song of Praise
Swing Love, Sweet Chariot
The Little Light of Mine
There’s a Meeting Here Tonight
We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder
We Are Marching (Siyahamba)
We Shall Overcome
When the Saints Go Marching In
Who Built the Ark?
Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Este e-libro fue escrito para ayudar al principiante, ya sea niño o adulto, a aprender a tocar música de una manera simple y sencilla que no requiere conocimientos de lectura musical. Simplemente siguiendo los círculos con letras, sonarás como un músico experimentado.
Este e-libro de partituras es adecuado para las notas de kalimbas de 8,10 y 17.
Todas las canciones fueron adaptadas especialmente para la kalimba, que es un instrumento musical diatónico y no tiene teclas planas.
Puedes experimentar con las octavas vecinas tú mismo.
Canciones:
Dos por diez
Fray Felipe
María Tenía un Corderito
LAS RUEDAS DEL AUTOBÚS
ESTRELLITA, ¿DÓNDE ESTÁS?
En la granja de mi tío
Ho ¿conoces al vendedor de panecillos?
Este puente va a caer
Cascabel
Feliz Navidad a Todos
Johannes Brahms. Canción de Cuna
Beethoven. Himno de la alegría
¡Cumpleaños feliz!
La Cucaracha
Oh Susana
INCY WINCY ARAÑA
La primera Navidad
Yankee Doodle
REMA TU BARCO
Alegre viejo San Nicolás
Sublime Gracia
Usually, the kalimba is considered an adult instrument, but with my visual, your kids will easily begin to play as well.
The easiest way to begin is to play with the letter notes.
This sheet music e-book will help you begin to play music simply and easily, with no required knowledge of reading notes.
If you are a beginner, playing by notes can be difficult. It is easier to follow circles with note letters.
This sheet music e-book is suitable for 8-,10- and 17-note kalimbas.
The letter-coded stickers are not included in this e-book.
All songs were adapted especially for the kalimba, which is a diatonic musical instrument and has no flat keys.
Most funny kids’ songs will be played within the main octave.
You can experiment with the neighboring octaves yourself.
List of kids songs:
Hot Cross Buns
Are you sleeping?
Mary had a little Lamb
The wheels on the Bus
Twinkle. Twinkle Little Star
Old MacDonald had a farm
Do you know the Muffin Man?
London Bridge is Falling Down
Jingle Bells
We wish you a Merry Christmas
Brahm’s Lullaby
Ode to Joy
Happy Birthday
Le Cucaracha
15.Oh, Susannah
Itsy Bitsy Spider
The First Noel
Yankee Doodle
Row, row, row your Boat
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
Amazing Grace
There are simple popular songs: kids learning (ABC), sleeping, Christian, church, animals.
The xylophone is the most important traditional folk instrument on the African continent, alongside the drum. Usually, African scales differ from Western ones. The African xylophones mostly have 5, 6, or 7-note (pentatonic, hexatonic, heptatonic) scales, while Western instruments typically have a diatonic scale. Rhythm is the most distinguishing characteristic of African music and it always prevails over the melody.
The songs in this e-book have been adapted and can be played on all models of popular wooden xylophone, metal glockenspiel (metallophone), or resonator blocks. Even a simple kids’ xylophone will be adequate to play most of these songs. Some songs here have been simplified for beginners.
The same song played on a wooden xylophone and on a metallophone will result in very different sounds. Due to their clear rhythmic patterns, African songs are an ideal material for any kind of musician. You will find both diatonic and chromatic scores. Some melodies have been especially transposed to a diatonic range to allow you to play them on the most popular models of xylophone.
This e-book is aimed at those new to music and musical instruments and I put letter notation above the notes to make it possible for you to confidently begin playing.
Since African music assumes improvisation and variation, I recommend using this sheet music only as a guide. The most important thing is to listen and repeat the recordings linked to the QR code, so you can listen to the rhythm before beginning to play.
Amawole - Song from Congo
Askari Eee - Song from Tanzania
Atadwe - Song from Ghana
Banaha - Song from Congo
Banuwa - Song from Liberia
Bebe Moke - Song from Congo
Before Dinner - Song from Congo
Bilanga Na Ngai - Song from Congo
Che Che Koolay - Song from Ghana
Coco Laye-LayeSong from Congo
Do Do Ki Do. Song from Cameroon
Eh Soom Boo Kawaya. Song from Nigeria
Erile Baboye. Song from South Africa
Famba Naye. Song from Zimbabwe
Funga Alafia. Song from Ghana
Iro Ye. Song from Benin
Kanzenzenze. Song from Congo
Kokoleoko. Song from Liberia
Kotiko. Song from Congo
Kuya Mbio. Song from Tanzania
L’abe igi Orombo. Song from Nigeria
Makun. Song from Mali
Manamolela. Song from South Africa
Mayo Nafwa. Song from Zambia
Mbele Mama. Song from South Africa
Ning Wendete. Song from Kenya
Noyana. Song from South Africa
Obwisana. Song from Ghana
Olélé Moliba Makasi. Song from Congo
Plouf Tizen Tizen. Song from Algeria
Sansa Kroma. Song from Ghana
Sélinguenia. Song from Kenya
Shosholoza. Song from South Africa
Si Ma Ma Ka. Song from Ghana
Si Si Kumbale. Song from South Africa
Sindi. Song from Burkina Faso
Siyahamba. Song from South Africa
Siyanibingelela. Song from South Africa
Stick Passing Song. Song from Uganda
Tue Tue - Song from Ghana
Umele - Song from South Africa
Wa Wa Wa - Song from Congo
Welcome Song - Song from Uganda
Zimbole - Song from South Africa
Zomina - Song from Togo
The sheet music e-book consists of 2 sections:
The first, with 20 color-coded kids songs written especially for such a xylophone (pictured on the e-book cover).
This e-book was written to help beginners, whether children or adults, learn to play music in a simple and easy way that requires no knowledge of reading music.
Just by following the circles with letters, you will sound like an experienced musician.
Playing music can be as simple and enjoyable as a game.
That is my goal to give you what’s necessary to play beautiful music while having fun.
This sheet music of funny kids songs was written especially for this xylophone.
Attention:
Songs have been transposed for a DIATONIC range. Some melodies might be changed and simplified. If you have flat keys on your instrument, please use the classic music score for the piano.
This learning sheet music will be most useful for the instrument with the color scheme below:
C = red, D = orange, E = yellow, F = green, G = light blue, A = white, B = violet, and C8 = red
List of kids songs:
Hot Cross Buns
Are you sleeping?
Mary had a Little Lamb
The wheels on the Bus
Twinkle. Twinkle Little Star
Old MacDonald had a farm
Do you know the Muffin Man?
London Bridge is Falling Down
Jingle Bells
We wish you a Merry Christmas
Brahm’s Lullaby
Ode to Joy
Happy Birthday
Le Cucaracha
Oh! Susannah
Beethoven – For Elise
Silent Night
Yankee Doodle
Row, row, row your Boat
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas.
There are simple popular songs: kids learning (ABC), sleeping, Christian, church, animals.
The second part of the book has the “Three Little Pigs” fairy tale with a musical score.
I offer a lot of activities that can be done with any percussion instrument or any sound made with home utensils, for example, while listening to the story.
This fairy tale encourages a child’s musical activity, even if they have never played music before.
German composer Orff believed that each child should not be a passive listener, but an active co-creator.
Not only can you and your kids play using a percussion instrument musical set, but also with any other musical sounds you can come up with.
I hope you’ll enjoy these funny kids’ songs and percussion music actions and activities.
This e-book was written to help the beginner, whether child or adult, learn to play music in a simple and easy way that requires no knowledge of reading music.
Just by following the circles with letters, you will sound like an experienced musician.
I made my sheet music large and as simple as possible. You’ll play cool kids songs by circles. No musical staff or notes.
Playing music can be as simple and enjoyable as a game.
Some songs were adapted for a one-octave instrument. That is why most songs are simplified.
That is my goal to give you what’s necessary to play beautiful music while having fun.
This e-book is just as suitable for the chromatic xylophone as it is for the diatonic.
Most songs in this sheet music e-book can be played within one octave on the xylophone using only 8 notes.
Several songs need 1.5 or 2 octaves or a 10-15 note xylophone.
The 2 last songs require a chromatic xylophone since they have flat notes.
For some melodies, I grouped circles to show the rhythm.
Most songs are simple, popular and funny, some songs are Christian, they are perfectly suitable for a church choir or orchestra.
Recommended for ages 3 and up.
Attention: Songs have been transposed for a DIATONIC range. Some melodies might be changed and simplified. If you have flat keys on your instrument, please use the classic music score for piano.
List of kids songs:
Hot Cross Buns
Are you sleeping?
Mary Had A Little Lamb
The Wheels On The Bus
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Old MacDonald Had A Farm
Do You Know The Muffin Man?
London Bridge is Falling Down
Jingle Bells
We wish you a Mery Christmas
Brahms’s Lullaby
Ode to Joy
Happy Birthday
La Cucaracha
Oh! Susanna
Itsy Bitsy Spider
The First Noel
Yankee Doodle
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Jolly Saint Nicholas
Amazing Grace
Silent night
Beethoven - For Elise
Also, my kids’ sheet music is suitable for piano, melodica, kalimba, marimba, synthesizer, glockenspiel, bells, and any pitched toy instrument with at least 8 notes.
This e-book aims to help beginners play the piccolo simply and easily. The e-book includes 36 piccolo diagrams with fingering positions, along with pitch names and staff notations and 36 illustrations of the fingering location on the piccolo itself.
The piccolo is about half the size of a flute, and it sounds one octave higher. It plays the highest notes of the woodwind family.
The piccolo also is a transposing instrument, and the piccolo’s sheet music is never written at the pitch it actually sounds. Instead, the piccolo sounds one octave higher than its written pitch. The musical notes in this e-book cover almost 3 octaves from D4 to C7 (written). The resulting sound on the piccolo is from D5 to C8.
Here are the primary fingerings (basic charts). Note that the e-book does not include Trill or Tremolo fingerings.
You can print and cut out the charts to use them as flash cards or mount them on a wall as posters. Each note here has its own piece of paper. One side of the page shows the connection between the dots and their fingering on a diagram, and the reverse side depicts the same fingering illustration on the piccolo itself.
Under the piccolo pictures, you will also find the fingering combinations depicted with the names of the keys. You may choose a style that is more understandable and comfortable for you.
I hope these fingering charts will be a valuable visual aid for you and your kids or students. The size of the cut-out is 6.5x10 inches (16x25 cm).
Cut out the gestures charts and use them as a visual aid for yourself, your kids or your students. The size of the cut-out will be 8.5x11 inches (22x28 cm). Each note here has its own page in the e-book. You can post these cut-outs on the wall and your children can understand and use them on their own.
Solfege (or Sol-fa), Glover, Curwen, and Kodaly hand signs are used in music to represent the different pitches of a tonal scale. By associating hearing and reading of pitches with playing/singing, they establish a physical association between these elements. A singer makes a specified shape with their hand to represent each tone of the seven-note solfege system.
This e-book presents the full range of solfege hand signs, both diatonic and chromatic.
The following hand signs are included:
do, di, re, ri, me, mi, fa, fi, se, sol, si, le, la, li, te, ti, do
The solfege hand sign system was first developed by John Curwen and then modified by Kodály to add chromatic alterations together with upward and downward head movements. Kodaly’s modification allowed children to see the actual height and depth of the pitches. This kinesthetic method of developing aural skills encourages inner hearing – hearing words, melodies, and sounds in our minds without the actual sounds being present.
You can make the signs with one hand or both based on your and your students’ preference.
One side of the page shows the Kodaly hand sign together with note name and staff position. The reverse shows a human figure illustrating the hand position.
Do = In front of the belly button
Re = In front of the chest
Mi = Shoulder level
Fa = Mouth level
Sol = Eye level
La = Forehead level
Ti = Top of head level
High Do = Just above head level
The hand signal for a chromatic note will be at the level between the diatonic note that is before it and after it.
Additionally, I include the tonal chromatic ladder to help you visualize the sequences and intervals between the tones in musical scales. This will help with playing and singing.
This is a combined version of the two Neurotracing Exercise books, converted to black and white for printing.
Bilateral coordination, also known as bilateral integration, is the ability to use both sides of the body in a coordinated movement. It includes symmetrical movements, where both sides of the body do the same action simultaneously, reciprocal movements, where movements are rhythmically repeated with one side of the body and then another, and movements that require a leading and supporting hand.
Interhemispheric interaction is the coordination of both the right and left hemispheres of the brain. While the right side of the brain manages attention, processing of visual shapes and patterns, emotions, and implied meanings, the left side is responsible for logical functions. A proper balance and efficient exchange between the right and left sides of our brains allows us to perform maximally in our multifunctional world.
A lack of proper interhemispheric interaction can result in difficulties in the:
writing and speaking & handwriting practice development
spatial orientation
remembering and recalling information
performing tasks that require both hands (putting on clothes for example)
speech and motor planning disorders
mathematical and counting skills
solving spatial problems
balance and orientation
life activities requiring the use of both hands
brain challenges
as a dysgraphia tool for kids
Many gross and fine motor everyday activities require good bilateral coordination – from dancing and sports to using utensils and drawing. There is a correlation between bilateral motor skills and academic success. The coordination exercises may stimulate thinking and paying attention.
The tracing exercises in this album can be used to strengthen neural connections to ensure that both the left and right sides of the brain are appropriately coordinated. These kinesiological exercises are based on three basic principles of strengthening interhemispheric connections:
Diversity, when the brain actively develops when we perform unusual activities
Simultaneity of action, when both hemispheres participate in the process
Working with both hands strengthens neural connections and creates new ones.
Healthy interhemispheric connections ensure the proper development of a child’s intellect, memory, attention, speech, imagination, thinking, and perception.
This e-book includes 12 types of exercises. Most of them can be done initially by tracing the finger and then with pencils or markers. It is not necessary to do these exercises consecutively. You can do the exercises randomly, but I recommend repeating each exercise several times.
The tracing exercises in this e-book were designed for individuals from age 5 to adults. As you progress through the e-book, the exercises become more difficult, challenging the brain even further and producing even more benefits.
Usually, a guide for kalimba offers the possibility of playing by letter or by number, with letters being more common. The modern kalimba often has engraved numbers and letters representing the name of the notes. The numbered musical notation is a cipher notation system used mostly in Asia, including China.
In this e-book, I recommend playing by letter and/or color.
Even if the signs are not engraved on the keys, normally, however, each kalimba has letter-coded stickers included in the set.
Usually, they are not color-coded and since my e-book doesn’t include stickers, I suggest making color-coded stickers yourself or color the including stickers. This is very easy and you can do it with very small pieces of colored paper.
My sheet music is not for a specific kalimba but is universal and suitable for 8-17 note kalimbas.
This e-book includes 35 gospel songs. Many spirituals “sorrow songs” are slow and melancholic and are ideally suitable for kalimba. I made my pictured sheet music as simple as possible, songs have been transposed for a diatonic range. Some melodies might be changed and simplified. You’ll quickly begin to play by letter-coded circles.
Contents
Amazing Grace
Babylon’s Falling
Christ Was Born on Christmas Day
Elijah Rock
Every Time I Feel the Spirit
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
God Is So Good
Great Big Stars
Great Day
He’s God the Whole World in His Hands
Holy, Holy, Holy
I’ve Got Joy Joy
I’ve Got Peace Like a River
Jesus Loves Me
Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley
Joy to the World! The Lord is Come!
Just As I Am
Kumbaya, My Lord
Michael Row the Boat Ashore
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
Praise Him, All You Little Children
Shall We Gather at the River
Silent Night, Holy Night
Sinner Man
Soldier of the Cross
Somebody’s Knockin’ at Your Door
Song of Praise
Swing Love, Sweet Chariot
The Little Light of Mine
There’s a Meeting Here Tonight
We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder
We Are Marching (Siyahamba)
We Shall Overcome
When the Saints Go Marching In
Who Built The Ark?
This book contains Kodaly’s hand system, along with recorder fingering charts, for each note. This correspondence between note, hand sign, and finger position on the recorder is further enhanced by the inclusion of chromatic notes.
e set includes 18 pictures with fingering positions for the soprano recorder, with pitch names and notations. The musical notes included are:
C С# D D# E F F# G G# A Bb B C D E F F# G
Low F, Low F#, High F, and High F# have different fingering for Baroque and Germanic recorders. These charts are suitable for both styles of a soprano recorder.
One side of the page shows the recorder fingering chart with note name and staff position, and the reverse side depicts the Kodaly (Curwen) hand sign for the corresponding note. Both sides are chroma note color-coded.
Cut out the fingering charts and use them as visual aids for yourself, your kids, or your students. Use one side if you are learning or teaching the recorder fingerings and the opposite side for singing and solmization.
The size of the cut-out will be 7x10 inches (181x260 mm).
I call this series “Read by Picture” since I are targeting little readers. I offer the easiest way to make reading books with children a pleasure, even for those children who listen to reading reluctantly. With the usual type of reading, a child is a passive listener, while with “reading by picture”, he or she becomes an active participant.
Although children may have developed reading skills, they still find joy in reading passages where certain words are substituted with images, viewing it as an additional reward or a special treat. It is more important to receive such bonuses for children who are just starting to read, or for whom reading still requires effort.
A small child can only voice words represented by pictures. This “reading” not only makes kids a full participant in the process but also teaches them to reconcile the words of the picture with other words in the sentence.
Older children may try to read words from a vocabulary list that appears before the text. A child who has begun to read will be able to enjoy reading the entire text.
If you are reading to your little one, please read slowly. Let your child think about the sentence, find the right word, and enjoy the reading process.
Some words in this e-book are changed to pictures. Each story has a pictured vocabulary list at the beginning. Includes 10 simple rhymes understandable and relatable for kids.
Contents
Five Little Monkeys
To Market, To Market
Hush, Little Baby
Miss Polly Had a Dolly
Three Little Kittens
Pop Goes The Weasel
The Farmer in The Dell
Smiling Girls, Rosy Boy
I Had a Little Hen
Hey Diddle Diddle.
Great e-book for non-English speaking children to learn and remember new words in a fun game-based reading activity.
Most of these melodies are rather unique compared to my other e-book with the most popular and simple kids’ songs “Tongue Drum Songbook for Beginner: Play Simple Kids Songs by Number”), but most of these songs will keep your audience listening with great interest and enjoyment.
They are simple enough for any beginner musician, even one who has never played an instrument or read sheet music. You can play immediately just by following the numbers.
I use numbers notation beside the classic music score system because most modern tongue drums have numbers engraved or painted on their keys, and because it is easier to play for absolute beginners who cannot read sheet music.
Also, I added a QR code to all songs. Follow the link and listen to the rhythm before beginning to play.
Most songs from this e-book are possible to play in one octave because a lot of tongue drums include and are tuned to involve the notes of the main octave.
The steel tongue drums also called the tong drum, tank drum, gluck-o-phone, hapi, yoga drum, lotus, or mandala drum) and the handpan (also called the hank drum, UFO drum, zen drum, meditation, healing, or chakra drum) are quite modern musical percussion instruments. They are primarily used to express feelings, emotions, and other bodily sensations. No classical music training or musical theory study is necessary to play them. The aim is to creatively experiment with sounds in order to meditate, bring about feelings of relaxation, and have the experience of traveling through your inner self.
This e-book provides popular melodies to add to your experimentation.
You don’t need classical music training or knowledge of music theory to play them.
This e-book includes very simple, popular children’s and folk songs.
Attention: Songs have been transposed for a DIATONIC range. Some melodies might be changed and simplified. If you have flat keys on your instrument, please use the classic music score for piano.
Contents:
Alphabet Song
Amazing Grace
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Bobby Shafto
Cobbler, Mend My Shoe
Cock-a-Doodle-Doo
Dr. Foster
Fiddle-Dee-Dee
Five Little Monkeys
Here We Go Looby Loo
Hey Diddle Diddle
I Love Little Kitty
It’s Raining, It’s Pouring
Jack and Jill
Little Jack Horner
Old Mother Hubbard
One, Two, Three, Four
Pat-a-Cake
Rain, Rain, Go Away
Rig-a-Jig-Jig
Ring Around the Rosie
Wishy-Washy Wee
See-Saw Margery Daw
Silent Night
The First Noel
This Old Man
To Market, To Market
I call this series “Read by Picture” since I are targeting little readers. I offer the easiest way to make reading books with children a pleasure, even for those children who listen to reading reluctantly. With the usual type of reading, a child is a passive listener, while with “reading by picture”, he or she becomes an active participant.
Although children may have developed reading skills, they still find joy in reading passages where certain words are substituted with images, viewing it as an additional reward or a special treat. It is more important to receive such bonuses for children who are just starting to read, or for whom reading still requires effort.
A small child can only voice words represented by pictures. This “reading” not only makes kids a full participant in the process but also teaches them to reconcile the words of the picture with other words in the sentence.
Older children may try to read words from a vocabulary list that appears before the text. A child who has begun to read will be able to enjoy reading the entire text.
If you are reading to your little one, please read slowly. Let your child think about the sentence, find the right word and enjoy the reading process.
Some words in this e-book are changed to pictures.
Each story has a pictured vocabulary list at the beginning.
The e-book includes famous fairy tales & rhymes:
Five Little Monkeys
To Market, To Market
Hush, Little Baby
Miss Polly Had a Dolly
Three Little Kittens
Pop Goes The Weasel
The Farmer in The Dell
Smiling Girls, Rosy Boy
I Had a Little Hen
Hey Diddle Diddle
The Wolf and Three Little Pigs
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
The Gingerbread Man
I have created a collection of songs that you can play easily. Most of these melodies are rather unique. These are lesser-known songs that you and your kids will certainly love. If you are interested in more popular songs, see another e-book in my series: “Tongue Drum Songbook for Beginner: Play Simple Kids Songs by Number”. Most of the songs in this songbook are easy enough for beginner musicians, even if you are not experienced with musical notation. By simply following numbers, you will begin to play right away.
Because numbers are often engraved on most modern tongue drums, I believe that using numbers in addition to a classic musical score is the best way to get beginners without musical background to play. QR codes have also been added to all songs so that players can follow the link and hear the rhythm before playing.
Tongue drums are usually tuned to include one octave. For this reason, most of the songs are written using just the main octave. You will not find songs with flat/sharp notes here because it is not common to see tongue drums with these notes.
The tongue drum, which is a great way to help you get in touch with your feelings, emotions, and inner self.
This unique instrument is also known as tong drum, gluck-o-phone, Hapi drum, tank drum, mandala, lotus or yoga drum, and the handpan (hank drum, UFO drum, zen drum). Classical music training or knowledge of musical theory is not necessary to play this instrument. You can play the drum to relax, meditate and explore your inner world.
This e-book includes very simple, popular folk songs, but even well-known children’s songs played on the drum will create an unusual magical sound.
Attention: Songs have been transposed for a DIATONIC range. Some melodies might be changed and simplified. If you have flat keys on your instrument, please use the classic music score for piano.
Contents:
A-tisket, A-tasket
Alice the Camel
I Like to Eat (Apples and Bananas)
Baby Bumble Bee
Bill Grogan’s Goat
Charlie Over the Ocean
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Chumbara
Ding Dong Diggidiggidong
Frog in the Meadow
Go Get the Axe
Heigh Di Ho
I Fed My Horse
Jack-o-lantern
Old Bell Cow
Old Blue
Old Brass Wagon
Over the River and Through the Woods
Pizza Pizza Daddy-o
Skip, Skip, Skip to My Lou
Ten in the Bed
Ten Little Fingers
The Bear Went Over the Mountain
The Bee and the Pup
The Big Sheep
The Second Story Window
When Sammy Put the Paper on the Wall
Zudio
This color illustrated learning e-book will help you begin to play music by letter simply and easily. The recorder songbook includes not only letters but also classic sheet music and it is helpful in developing music literacy.
Most of the presented melodies are rather unique. Although my songbook includes basically kids’ songs, you will find several Christian hymns and Christmas carols.
In addition, you can find another e-book for the recorder musical instrument with the most popular songs from around the world “Recorder for Beginners. 50 Easy-to-Play Songs from Over the World”
Attention: Some melodies might be changed and simplified for beginners to be played within one octave. I added letter names to the classic musical notes to make it possible for you to confidently begin playing.
Also, I added QR codes to all songs so you can follow the link and hear the rhythm before playing.
List of Traditional American Folk Songs
A-tisket, A-tasket
Alice the Camel
I Like to Eat (Apples and Bananas)
Baby Bumble Bee
Bill Grogan’s Goat
Charlie Over the Ocean
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Chumbara
Ding Dong Diggidiggidong
Frog in the Meadow
Go Get the Axe
Heigh Di Ho
I Fed My Horse
Jack-o-lantern
Old Bell Cow
Old Blue
Old Brass Wagon
Over the River and Through the Woods
Pizza Pizza Daddy-o
Skip, Skip, Skip to my Lou
Ten in the Bed
Ten Little Fingers
The Bear Went Over the Mountain
The Bee and the Pup
The Big Sheep
The Second Story Window
When Sammy Put the Paper on the Wall
Zudio
You have never played music before or cannot read sheet music, and yet you want to play inspiring hymns, famous religious folk songs, and spirituals? Don’t worry! You will begin to play right away. Many spiritual “sorrow songs” are slow and melancholic and are ideally suitable for kalimba.
I made my pictured sheet music as simple as possible.
You’ll play by number-coded circles. No musical staff or notes. The easy-to-play songs and melodies were adapted especially for beginners.
You will be able to begin to play right away if the keys of your instrument have number notations. Most kalimbas already have them.
My sheet music is universal and suitable for 10-17 note kalimbas.
Each of the modern kalimbas usually has engraved numbers and letters representing the name of the notes. The low notes are in the center of the kalimba. The notes become higher as you move away from the center. The order of the notes alternates from right to left, going outward as you move up the scale.
Taking “C D E F G A B C”, “C” is on the right side, and then you will find “D”
on the left.
The standard 17-note kalimba contains 3 octaves:
a full 2nd small octave,
a 3rd small octave, and
3 notes from the 4th small octave.
The 2nd small octave goes from C4 to C5 and is depicted in my sheet music as simple numbers. The notes from the 3rd small octave have numbers with one dot above each number. The 3 notes in the 4th minor octave - C6, D6, and E6 - are depicted by numbers with two dots above them.
I also put one or two dots above the numbers in the sheet music if they use an octave other than the main kalimba octave. The dots will help you to begin to play immediately.
Note: songs have been transposed for a diatonic range. Some melodies might be changed and simplified.
Updates:
I appreciate your feedback, which helped us identify and correct all of the typos. Thank you for bringing them to my attention.
This e-book includes 45 hymns and gospel songs:
Amazing Grace
Babylon’s Falling
Christ Was Born on Christmas Day
Elijah Rock
Every Time I Feel the Spirit
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
God Is So Good
Great Big Stars
Great Day
Holy, Holy, Holy
I’ve Got Joy Joy
I’ve Got Peace Like a River
Jesus Loves Me
Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley
Joy to the World! The Lord is Come!
Just As I Am
Kumbaya, My Lord
Michael Row the Boat Ashore
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
Praise Him, All You Little Children
Shall We Gather at the River
Silent Night, Holy Night
Sinner Man
Soldier of the Cross
Somebody’s Knockin’ at Your Door
Swing Love, Sweet Chariot
The Little Light of Mine
There’s a Meeting Here Tonight
We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder
We Are Marching (Siyahamba)
We Shall Overcome
When the Saints Go Marching In
Who Built the Ark?